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Fly-tipper fined after being caught on CCTV
A woman who was caught on CCTV dumping bags of rubbish on a Manchester street has been fined more than £600. Keighley Whyte was spotted fly-tipping on New Viaduct Street in Ancoats and Beswick in June 2020. The 27-year-old, of Tartan Street, Clayton, admitted the offence at Manchester Magistrates’ Court. Councillor Rabnawaz Akbar said: “This […]
Large pile of rubble dumped in countryside layby
A council has spent hundreds of pounds cleaning up a large pile of soil, rubble and bricks dumped in a layby. Blaby District Council said more than 10 tonnes of waste was found in Coventry Road, Sapcote, Leicestershire, at the weekend. It comes just days after a large amount of tarmac and concrete was fly-tipped […]
Fly-tipping investigated at nature reserve
A public car park at a nature reserve has had to be closed off after a large quantity of waste was fly-tipped there. Carpets, doors, windows and other rubble was left blocking the access to Stony Stratford Nature Reserve in Milton Keynes on Sunday. Volunteers at The Parks Trust, the charity which runs the reserve, […]
Plans to tackle ‘new narcotics’ of fly-tipping
The government has announced plans to tackle what the head of the Environment Agency has called the “new narcotics” of fly-tipping and waste crime. The proposals would see checks on who is able to handle and dispose of waste, as well as a digital tracking system. Fly-tipping is the illegal dumping of rubbish, like mattresses […]
Christmas rubbish fly-tipping prompts CCTV call
Overflowing rubbish dumped at recycling centres during the Christmas period has prompted renewed calls for CCTV to deter fly-tippers. Eden District councillors in Penrith, Cumbria said present packaging and beer boxes had been left around full bins. Commercial waste is also believed to have been dumped, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. Councillor Jonathan Davies said the […]
Town’s worst fly-tipping mess investigated
A former social club has become one of the worst fly-tipping spots in a town’s history, a council has said. Items dumped at the Turford Social Club site in Brambles Farm, Middlesbrough, included rubbish, household waste and specialist waste such as asbestos. A number of people believed to have been involved have been identified and […]
